09 Oct 2007
| by Gemma Charles
LONDON - Complaints over companies' environmental claims have spurred the ASA to take action...consumers. Last week, Marketing revealed that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 93 ...
months have averaged 33 a month, but since June this number has shot up to 56. The ASA has become so ...
to be kinder to the environment, says ASA director general Christopher Graham. But he adds that the ASA needs ...
07 Feb 2007
| by by Daniel Farey-Jones
and regulations. Not to be violated, seatbelts included . In cases the ASA concluded that the images were ...
sweat top. The ASA allowed this may have been unintentional but said it was inappropriate . No Added Sugar told the ASA it did not see any sexual references in the photos and it found the suggestion ...
10 Jan 2007
| by by Joanne Payne
readers would see it as condoning violence. The ASA upheld all complaints relating to the aggressive use ...
that the ads featuring the injured woman condoned self-harm. The ASA noted that the ads appeared in a supplement with an adult readership. Because of this the ASA decided it was unlikely to encourage self ...
24 Jul 2006
| by by Sarah Woods
the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the company vet all of its posters in June 2004.
The ASA made ...
27 Apr 2006
| by by Daniel Farey-Jones
,671 complaints about an ad showing call centre staff singing with their mouths full, though the ASA rejected ...
as brainless chickens, did not register in the top 10 with only 80 complaints. It was also rejected by the ASA ...
concerning your customer file: Settlement of outstanding items". The ASA warned the company about ...
08 Mar 2006
| by by Sarah Woods
and considered it to be acceptable because it had appeared in other publications.
The ASA noted that the ad ...
24 Feb 2006
| by by Ben Bold
A spokesman for the ASA said yesterday that the watchdog was still considering whether to investigate any breaches of its regulations.
However, today he said it had been decided that there were no grounds for a formal investigation and that the post-9pm broadcast restriction was adequate ...
16 Feb 2006
| by by Joe Lepper
already outraged viewers.
According to an ASA spokeswoman: "A lot of the complaints are about ...
that the ASA will be monitoring the ad and complaints over the next week before deciding whether to investigate ...
ripped off, as well as the kiss.
This is just the latest run-in French Connection has had with the ASA ...
09 Dec 2005
| by James Hamilton
. The ASA agreed that the picture made the model's
gender ambiguous and drew attention to the child ...
23 Nov 2005
| by by Staff
not to repeat the approach on poster," the watchdog said.
The ASA advised Diesel to consult the CAP copy ...